So at first I was all like....

monquixote

... "Mince pies in the supermarket already, it's a disgrace!"

and then I was like:

"NOM NOM NOM!"

Tell me I'm not the only one.

Jalapeno

There's isn't a time for mince pies, any time is mince pie time.  Have another !!!!!1

Sporky

The local post office already has Creme Eggs.

Now that is progress.

Myranda

My local shop has Screme Eggs for halloween...

Are you sure they don't just still have eggs and due to a gap in the shelf space they dusted them off and put them on display?

Sporky

I don't think so. Fred (the proprietor of said establishment) specifically pointed out their arrival to me.

ESBlonde

My grandmother was a proper cook and farmers wife, her mince pies were sweet, succulent and tasty. She got into the habit of filling a cake tin with a batch for me to take away every time we visited. She's gone now of course but I still miss those fantastic mince pies and to my memory none since have measured up. Who'd a thought you could only have them in December!

not_the_dj

Mince pies are great.

Even better is a mincemeat toastie. So get that unloved Breville from the back of the cupboard (it'll be next to the bread maker and yogurt machine). 

Make sure you let is cool a bit first though, otherwise it's like eating molten lava. 

stickyfiddle

Is it too early to make your own? Might have to make my own mincemeat this year too- god knows where I'll get ready made out here

VimFuego

well, you can make it anytime really, we've still got loads left over from last year. I would say now is about the right time.

snakemanStoo

Jalapeno said:

There's isn't a time for mince pies, any time is mince pie time.  Have another !!!!!1

Praise be to the great Jal for he speaketh the truth, Yea verily the wisdom is increased

RocknRollDave

I couldn't understand why my local co-op was stocking mince pies, in (as you'd expect) Christmas-themed packaging ...but with a best before date of 13/10/13 whilst they are "not suitable for freezing" ...

I get that some people like to start to stock up early for budgeting reasons in the months before Xmas...but do many people really want to eat mince pies in September and October?

mike_l

when i worked in the co-op Chrimbo stuff started arriving in july... And i cant eat mince pies anymore, so aint bothered whether they're on the shelves or not...

stickyfiddle

VimFuego said:

well, you can make it anytime really, we've still got loads left over from last year. I would say now is about the right time.

Excellent. Will go in search of ingredients next time I'm shopping

bertie

possible THE most disgusting good known to mankind, next to sashimi  

mart

bertie said:

possible THE most disgusting good known to mankind, next to sashimi  

I was about to facepalm that comment, but then I realised you were just trolling.

Bellycaster

Someone I used to work with rather naively informed me that he had never tried a Mince Pie until he was about 15, which is ok, but when he told he proceeded to put ketchup on it and shove the lot in, thinking it was "Literally" minced meat, I could never fully trust his judgment from that day forward. He was about 35 when he told me.

As for me, I think they are pretty awful, I'm the same with Xmas Pud, it's just mega sickly stuff.

 

:-&

VimFuego

I like 'em with a very unhealthy dollop of clotted cream on top.

TTony

monquixote said:

... "Mince pies in the supermarket already, it's a disgrace!"

I should have a Santa Courier arriving sometime in the next few days, so the odd mince pie seems quite appropriate.

axisus

I like them not. Too sweet for me.

Roland

Commercial mince pies always are too sweet. Try making your own.  Buy reasonable quality mincemeat, ie not gloop and sugar, and cut the mincemeat with shredded apple

Emp_Fab

Why the hell is it called mincemeat ?